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Pavise
- This article is about the skill known as Cancel in Path of Radiance. For the skill known as Cancel in Radiant Dawn, see Cancel.
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Pavise (Japanese: 大盾 Great Shield), previously known as Great Shield and Cancel, is a combat skill debuting in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. In most appearances, when activated, it protects the user from a single attack by reducing or—prior to Awakening—completely nullifying the damage that would have been inflicted on them by that attack. The skill's activation rate has widely varied from game to game, as has its availability, but it is most commonly available to Generals and members of other advanced armored classes. Awakening split its functionality in two and restrict Pavise to working only against physical attacks, while a new skill, Aegis, offers the same protection against magical and bow attacks; Echoes: Shadows of Valentia also splits its functionality with another skill, Earth's Kiss in this case, with Pavise reducing physical damage and Earth's Kiss applying to magical damage. Additionally, only in Awakening and exclusive to enemies in Lunatic+ difficulty, an enhanced variation of this skill exists, known as Pavise+, which will always activate.
In Genealogy of the Holy War, Thracia 776, The Sacred Stones, Awakening, and Fates, Pavise is a class skill belonging to Generals and similar classes, and in Path of Radiance, Cancel is the mastery skill of the Hawk laguz. In Radiant Dawn, Pavise is a personal skill which can be equipped to any unit, while in Shadows of Valentia, it is an item skill associated with the Duma's Shield and Sage's Shield. In Three Houses, it is both a class skill associated with the Fortress Knight and an item skill associated with the Aegis Shield, Thyrsus, and the Fetters of Dromi that only activate if the items are equipped by a unit bearing the appropriate crest.
Data
In the main Fire Emblem series
Game | Icon | Effect | Activation | Capacity | Notes |
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Genealogy of the Holy War | ![]() |
Nullifies damage dealt by the enemy. | (User's level)% | -- | -- |
Thracia 776 | ![]() |
Nullifies damage dealt by the enemy. | (User's level)% | -- | -- |
The Sacred Stones | -- | Nullifies damage dealt by the enemy. | (Enemy's level)% | -- | -- |
Path of Radiance | ![]() |
Nullifies damage dealt by the enemy. | (Skill)% | 20 | -- |
Radiant Dawn | ![]() |
Nullifies damage dealt by the enemy. | (Skill)% | 20 | -- |
Awakening | ![]() |
Halves damage dealt by enemy attacks using swords, lances, axes, Beaststones, Blighted Claws and Blighted Talons. | (Skill)% | -- | Will not activate against a Dual Strike. |
Awakening (Pavise+) |
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Halves damage dealt by enemy attacks using swords, lances, axes, Beaststones, Blighted Claws and Blighted Talons. | -- | -- | Will not activate against a Dual Strike. |
Fates | ![]() |
Halves damage dealt by enemy attacks using swords, lances, axes, Beaststones, monster attacks, and automaton attacks. | (Skill)% | -- | Must be triggered again for a Dual Strike. Base cost: 2000 G |
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia | ![]() |
Halves damage dealt by physical strikes. | Command (Cost: 4 HP) |
-- | Requires 20 SP to learn. |
Three Houses | ![]() |
Halves damage dealt by enemy attacks using swords, lances, axes, gauntlets, gambits, and Crest Stones. | (Dexterity)% | -- | -- |
In other Fire Emblem series titles
Game | Icon | Effect | Cooldown | SP cost | Unusable by | Inheritable | Notes |
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Heroes | ![]() |
Reduces damage inflicted by attacks from adjacent foes by 50%. | 3 | 200 SP | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
✓ | -- |
Game | Icon | Effect | Activation | Capacity | Notes |
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Warriors | ![]() |
May reduce damage dealt to user by swords, lances, and axes; chance increases with user's Luck. | ?? | -- | -- |
Availability
Genealogy of the Holy War
Units (As a class skill) | Hannibal After promotion: Arden |
Classes | General • Baron • Emperor |
Thracia 776
Units (As a personal skill) | Xavier |
Classes | Baron |
The Sacred Stones
Units (As a class skill) | After promotion: Amelia • Gilliam |
Classes | General |
Path of Radiance
Units (As a class skill) | Tibarn |
Classes (Occult) | Hawk |
Radiant Dawn
Units | Tibarn |
Items | Pavise |
Awakening
Pavise
Units | Arvis • Black Knight • Hardin • Hector • Raydrik • Zephiel |
Classes | General (Learned at Level 15) |
Pavise+
Unobtainable | Exclusively used by enemies on Lunatic+ Mode, and by enemies in Apotheosis on all difficulties. |
Fates
Classes | General (Learned from Level 15 and up) |
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Items | Duma's Shield |
Three Houses
Class mastery | Fortress Knight (150 class Exp required) |
Items | Aegis Shield (If user bears Crest of Fraldarius) • Fetters of Dromi (If user bears Crest of Aubin) • Thyrsus (If user bears Crest of Gloucester) |
Heroes
Warriors
Learned | Frederick (requires Frederick's Pebbles ×3) |
Borrowed | Requires ×1 each of Frederick's Essence and Frederick's Ribbon Tie |
Flavor text
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Game | Text (English) |
Text (Japanese) |
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Genealogy of the Holy War | May protect user from all damage dealt by an attack.* |
あいてのこうげきを うけとめダメージを むこうにする |
Thracia 776 | (LV%) chance to negate enemy's attack* |
あいての攻撃を うけとめダメージを むこうにする |
Path of Radiance (skill assignment menu) |
In certain conditions, nullifies enemy attacks. Bird tribe: Hawk |
一定の確率で 相手の攻撃を無効にする 取得可能 鳥翼族・タカ |
Path of Radiance (help) |
In certain conditions, nullifies enemy attacks. |
一定の確率で 相手の攻撃を無効にします |
Radiant Dawn (skill assignment menu, NTSC-U) |
Can nullify the effects of an enemy unit's attack. |
発動すると 敵の攻撃を無効化する |
Radiant Dawn (skill assignment menu, PAL) |
Can nullify the damage of an enemy unit's attack. |
-- |
Radiant Dawn (help, NTSC-U) |
Can nullify the effects of an enemy unit's attack. |
発動すると 敵の攻撃を無効化する |
Radiant Dawn (help, PAL) |
Can nullify the damage of an enemy unit's attack. |
-- |
Awakening | Halve sword/lance/axe/beaststone/ blight damage. Trigger % = (Skill stat) |
技%の確率で発動 敵からの 剣・槍・斧などの攻撃ダメージ半減 |
Awakening (Pavise+) |
Always halve sword/lance/ axe/beaststone damage. |
必ず発動 敵からの 剣・槍・斧などの攻撃ダメージ半減 |
Fates | Halve sword/lance/axe/beaststone/fist/saw damage. Trigger % = (Skill stat) |
技%で発動。剣・槍・斧・獣石・魔物・絡繰 の攻撃を受けた時、ダメージ半減 |
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia | Halves physical damage. | 物理攻撃によるダメージを 半減させる |
Three Houses | Chance to reduce sword/lance/axe/brawling damage by half. Trigger % = Dex stat. |
剣・槍・斧・格闘のダメージを 以下の確率で半減させる (技%) |
Warriors | Reduces damage from axes, lances, and swords. Increases with Lck. |
?? |
Trivia
- Pavise has appeared in all nine games in the main Fire Emblem series to feature a defined skill system.
- In The Sacred Stones, Great Shield will never activate if the enemy is attacking with a poison weapon (Toxin Lance, Poison Sword). This was implemented to prevent special effects conflicts with the purple glow used by poisoned units and the yellow glow produced by Great Shield.
- Radiant Dawn's NTSC-U help description erroneously states that Pavise nullifies the effects of an enemy attack, which is untrue as Pavise does not prevent poisoned weapons from poisoning the target. This was corrected in the PAL release.
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
• Great Shield |
• This name is used only in The Sacred Stones. |
English (unofficial) |
Big Shield |
Used in Shaya's Thracia 776 fan translation patch. |
Japanese |
• 大盾 |
• Great Shield. This name is used in all appearances except Path of Radiance. Referred to as PAVIS in its internal file name in Radiant Dawn. |
Spanish |
• Pavés |
• Pavise |
French |
• Protection |
• Protection. This name is used in all titles but Path of Radiance and Heroes. |
German |
• Pavise |
• As above. |
Italian |
• Ultradifesa |
• Ultra-defense |
Portuguese (Brazil) |
Pavês |
Pavise |
Korean |
거대한 방패 |
Great Shield |
Simplified Chinese |
大盾 |
Great Shield |
Traditional Chinese |
大盾 |
Great Shield |
Gallery
Artwork of the Pavise manual from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game.
Hannibal activating Pavise in Genealogy of the Holy War.
Gilliam activating Great Shield in The Sacred Stones.
Janaff activating Cancel in Path of Radiance.
Meg activating Pavise in Radiant Dawn.
References
See also
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